Research
My research interests mainly concern young people, gender, place, belonging, racism, migration, and anti-racist and critical social work.
I am a member of KuFo (the research group for culture studies), one of Karlstad University's prioritised research groups, and the Centre for Gender Studies.
I am currently working within two research projects:
Growing up as a girl in deprived areas - lived experiences, stakeholders and community work, funded by Forte. The aim of this study is to contribute with knowledge on girls’ lives in deprived areas. This is attained by investigating how girls growing up in deprived areas orientate themselves, and by investigating societal stakeholders’ reasoning on girls’ living conditions in deprived areas.
Girls in criminal gangs, funded by Forte. The aim of this study is to contribute with in-depth knowledge of girls' lives and participation in criminal gangs. The main interest lies in how the way into the gang, the participation in the gang and, if they left, the way out of the gang is described.
Previously I have studied NGO social work with young people who applied for asylum in Sweden without legal guardians and are placed in kinship care. Focus is on constructions of the young people's situations and needs, and what consequences the constructions can have for social work, as well as the young people's own perspectives on place, relationships, everyday life, and belonging.
Collaboration
I am participating in FlickForsk! Nordic Network for Girlhood Studies, which is a multidisciplinary network for researchers who study young femininity from different perspectives.
I am also an active member of Social Work in Times of Migration – a National Research Network, which is a network with researchers and PhD students from different universities in Sweden studying social work and migration.
Bio
I have a PhD in Social Work. I have previous training in Social Anthropology, and Anthropology and Cultural Politics.
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